# 1987 London Marathon

The 1987 London Marathon was the seventh running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 10 May. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Hiromi Taniguchi in a time of 2:09:50 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:22:48.
In the wheelchair races, British athletes Chris Hallam (2:08:34) and Karen Davidson (2:45:30) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time that the winning time for the men's wheelchair race surpassed that of the able-bodied race.
Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 28,364 had their applications accepted and 21,485 started the race. A total of 19,586 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Hiromi Taniguchi | Japan | 2:09:50 |
| | El Mostafa Nechchadi | Morocco | 2:10:09 |
| | Hugh Jones | England | 2:10:11 |
| 4 | Gianni Poli | Italy | 2:10:15 |
| 5 | Geir Kvernmo | Norway | 2:10:17 |
| 6 | Mehmet Terzi | Turkey | 2:10:25 |
| 7 | Bogusław Psujek | Poland | 2:10:26 |
| 8 | Charlie Spedding | United Kingdom | 2:10:32 |
| 9 | Dave Edge | Canada | 2:11:51 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Paumen | Belgium | 2:12:15 |
| 11 | John Graham | United Kingdom | 2:12:32 |
| 12 | Pat Petersen | United States | 2:12:42 |
| 13 | John Wheway | United Kingdom | 2:13:21 |
| 14 | Petr Klimes | Czechoslovakia | 2:13:27 |
| 15 | Pawel Lorens | Poland | 2:13:46 |
| 16 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | 2:13:51 |
| 17 | Christian Wolfsberg | Denmark | 2:13:57 |
| 18 | Jan Ikov | Denmark | 2:14:06 |
| 19 | Cidálio Caetano | Portugal | 2:14:06 |
| 20 | Pavel Klimes | Czechoslovakia | 2:14:07 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 2:22:48 |
| | Priscilla Welch | United Kingdom | 2:26:51 |
| | Véronique Marot | United Kingdom | 2:30:15 |
| 4 | Paula Fudge | United Kingdom | 2:32:28 |
| 5 | Karolina Szabó | Hungary | 2:32:48 |
| 6 | Misako Miyahara | Japan | 2:33:41 |
| 7 | Ágnes Sipka | Hungary | 2:34:37 |
| 8 | Angie Hulley | United Kingdom | 2:34:47 |
| 9 | Sissel Grottenberg | Norway | 2:35:53 |
| 10 | Valentina Bottarelli | Italy | 2:35:57 |
| 11 | Sally Ellis | United Kingdom | 2:36:48 |
| 12 | Christine Kennedy | Ireland | 2:36:58 |
| 13 | Susan Stone | Canada | 2:37:16 |
| 14 | Glynis Penny | United Kingdom | 2:38:23 |
| 15 | Renata Walendziak | Poland | 2:38:57 |
| 16 | Ailish Smyth | Ireland | 2:40:24 |
| 17 | Zehava Shmueli | Israel | 2:40:37 |
| 18 | Rosemary Ellis | United Kingdom | 2:41:05 |
| 19 | Annette Roberts | United Kingdom | 2:41:51 |
| 20 | Gillian Beschloss | United Kingdom | 2:42:06 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Chris Hallam | United Kingdom | 2:08:34 |
| | Jan Ove-Mattson | Sweden | 2:23:15 |
| | Kevin Breen | Ireland | 2:26:28 |
| 4 | Patrick Bailey | United Kingdom | 2:28:53 |
| 5 | John Harris | United Kingdom | 2:34:50 |
| 6 | Ton Bente | Netherlands | 2:38:30 |
| 7 | John Naude | United Kingdom | 2:40:15 |
| 8 | Wimk Zwanepol | ? | 2:40:50 |
| 9 | David Todd | United Kingdom | 2:43:51 |
| 10 | Chas Sadler | United Kingdom | 2:46:51 |

### Wheelchair women

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Karen Davidson | United Kingdom | 2:45:30 |
| Denise Smith | United Kingdom | 3:53:46 |
| Deborah Beales | United Kingdom | 4:09:18 |